Clutch issue

Use synthetic tranny oil or just wait till the Hypoid warms up.

BTW, not the best idea to hold clutch in at light. Besides the wear on the TO bearing, it is dangerous. One day, maybe not this week, the clutch cable is going to go BOINNNG! The car will leap forward, pushing the old lady in the crosswalk into the path of the express transit bus!

Cable broke on me in my Bus. I was parked in a customer's driveway and the Bus near went thru her nice new garage door!

Speedy Jim

Speedy Jim wrote: > BTW, not the best idea to hold clutch in at light.

I agree. This isn't too far from those idiots in parking lots that start their engine, put it in reverse, then commence putting on their seatbelt, dialing the cellphone, and adjusting their in-dash DVD player.

Their foot may slip off the brake (they're always gonna be in an automatic), or they may not continue to supply enough pressure on the brake and they begin inching backward while not paying attention, etc, etc.

Bad form.

-Rob

Sadly, I have to (ab)use the clutch and brakes at the moment, until I can figure out why I can't put it in first with the handbrake on (the brake physically blocks the gear lever). I think I need to adjust the brakes, or is it the cable, or the lever?

But yes, this is a pet hate of mine, seeing people sat at lights with the brakes on. At least its illegal to use mobile phones in cars now without a handsfree kit.

Anto '71 bus

..............What if the ground isn't flat? Here where I live in upstate NY, the hills outnumber the cars.

...........It's illegal to use a cellphone while driving here in NY as well but most of us nasty ny'ers ignore that one. If you keep your eyes open, you can usually spot the authorities before they see that you're holding a phone to your ear. Sometimes we play with the controls on the radio while driving and I've also indulged in a big mac with fries and a chocolate shake while driving at night on longer trips. At least the roads are safer now that we have reciprocity with the Canadian provinces so that those freaking insane truckers from up in the Great White North get points on their driving records for doing 85+ mph in the middle of a frigging snowstorm and scaring the hell out of us law abiding drivers..............lol

It's not particularly flat here either, what I meant was the footbrake instead of the handbrake - It's just plain lazy to keep the foot down instead of moving your arm! Never mind the extra strain on the brake system.

as for 85mph in a snowstorm, yeah sure why not, i would too if i was in a huge massive megalorry, nice and safe and warm.... i bet they eat big macs too, whilst having a chat to their undertaker on the phone...

actually its just plain silly *not* to use the footbrake that is designed for what you are doing...you seemed concerned about "extra strain" on the brake system by keeping your foot on it while stopped. that makes me wonder how the wear and tear on the parking break system becomes insignificant. The hydraulic braking system is more suitable when stopped at a light...that is why it requires no extra effort to release it, unlike the handbrake...i wouldn't substitute the hazzard lights for brake lights.....

------------------- Chris Perdue

*All opinions are those of the author of this post* "Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug" reply take your PANTS off

Just another day in the office for them, hahaha. I can't ait to get home - Jan

5 I'm outta here and on the way.

Best job I ever did while driving in my brother's car once - I think it was when he had the 1600 fastback way back then - was when he complained the horn didn't work all the time - you had to really push on it to get it to beep. It may have been some other car, tought - not sure - so this may be a bit OT!

So while driving along on an uncrowded expressway, I took a small screwdriver and popped out the retaining ring, and handing him the parts as I drove, I pulled out the horm button and the bits inside with the spring and contactor. Then I got him to take a rag and clean everything up and scrape the contacter surface, then reassembled it all. Worked perfectly after that. Took me about

10 or 15 miles at a leisurely pace to complete that one, hahaha.

Hmmmmmmm...I've always sat at the ligthts with the clutch in! It's the way I was taught to drive stick many years ago, and the way I have up to now. But while stopped at a light, even if the ground is flat, I have my other foot firmly on the brake! So I don't see how, even if the clutch cable broke while at the light, it could send me forward. MAybe a slight lurch, but not enough to even enter the crosswalk.(I'm not one of those idiots that stops right on top of the line anyway) The way I see it, the foot brake was designed to stop a rolling ton of metal, why can't it hold back an engine at idle if the clutch pops in? *prepares for the flame wars to follow* ~Anthony

hmm....getting closer, but still can't turn both ways at once....

------------------- Chris Perdue

*All opinions are those of the author of this post* "Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug" reply take your PANTS off

Trouble is, at least in N Texas, if I await the green light out of gear and shift the bug from neutral to 1st in a normal manner, nursing the synchro, the SOB in the Navigator is already honking at my back end. Watching the opposite yellow light is not a good "cheat" to get a second's advantage: rest assured that there will ALLways be a red light runner (or two) crossing my bow. SO--better to get broadsided or rear ended-?

One of these days, I may get a chance to see if my Club lives up to its name.

Buzzy on his father in law's 'puter

'62 RHD Beetle